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warren is right about THE TIME TRAVELLERS WIFE. it's just beautiful! warren may be right about cryptonomicon, but concerning diamond age i still am of the opinion that stephenson has managed to do gain position of "jules verne of our time". tilmann Warren Sirota schrieb: > im(extremely minority)o, Stephenson can't write characters to save his > life and i find his books deadly boring (ok, let me be specific and > indulge my passion for exaggeration a little less: 250 slow pages into > Cryptonomicon or whatever he called it, i realized that every single > person in the book was the identical blend of system analyst and amateur > sleuth/reflexive information hider that i have to work with in corporate > life every day, just with different circumstances. i couldn't find a > spec of character in any of them, and i couldn't go on reading). > > and, sorry to those who've seen this recommendation before, but the best > SF book, or any book, that i've read in the past 5 years was "The Time > Traveler's Wife" > > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Christophe <cburke55@comcast.net > <mailto:cburke55@comcast.net>> wrote: > > You can skip, "Zodiac", though. It was his first and most > definitely not in the same league as his later books. > > And don't forget William Gibson! Try "Idoru". > > Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mark francombe" <mark@markfrancombe.com > <mailto:mark@markfrancombe.com>> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > <mailto:Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 6:14:55 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: WAY OFF TOPIC: recommendations for great science > fiction written in the last 10 years? > > DEFINATELY the Diamond Age, or from the same author Snow Crash. > > What Neil Stevendon does is present you with a world for a bit ( > Nano technology works, in Diamond Age, or Everyone has a second > virtual life in Snow Crash) and then gives you a run of the mill > exiting rollacoaster of a novel, based on those presumptions.. LOVE > HIM... < br> > I just read Anathem, his latest, also genius, but a bit long and > heavy for a "trip book".. > > Of the 3 .. Diamond Age, lots of cool stuff.. changed the way I > think about e-learning (my day-job) as a matter of fact... > > enjoy > > M > > PS: > but surely.. all planes have SO MUCH inflight fun... catch up on all > them films you missed... play Super Mario... Or my favorite... (but > expensive) use the seat-back phone to call a random seat for a >chat!!! > > > > > > > > > -- > www.markfrancombe.com <http://www.markfrancombe.com> > http://vimeo.com/user825094 > http://uk.youtube.com/user/markfrancombe > http://www.myspace.com/markfrancombe > http://www.looop.no/shop/catlabel.php?q=Synch%20Non%20Synch > > > > > -- > Warren > http://www.ubetoo.com/Artist.taf?_ArtistId=6679 > http://www.warrensirota.com